Southern Fire Exchange

Partner Webinar: Can restoration of of fire-dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick-borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?
2022-11-08 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
Can restoration of fire-dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick-borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?
November 8, 2022 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
Hosted by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Science Consortium and the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange
The Wildlife Society and The Society of American Foresters continuing education credits (1 hour Cat 1) anticipated.
Register here: https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcuqoqT8pGdzK0DdqiqvRRblIf9w98lFQ
A unique Zoom Meeting link will be emailed to you. Enter the meeting room beginning at 12:45 pm (central time) on the day of the webinar.
Webinar abstract: Over the past century, fire suppression has facilitated broad ecological changes in the composition, structure, and function of fire-dependent landscapes throughout the eastern US, which are in decline. These changes have likely contributed mechanistically to the enhancement of habitat conditions that favor pathogen-carrying tick species, key wildlife hosts of ticks, and interactions that have fostered pathogen transmission among them and to humans. While the long-running paradigm for limiting human exposure to tick-borne diseases focuses responsibility on individual prevention, the continued expansion of medically important tick populations, increased incidence of tick-borne disease in humans, and emergence of novel tick-borne diseases highlights the need for additional approaches to stem this public health challenge. Another approach that has the potential to be a cost-effective and widely applied but that remains largely overlooked is the use of prescribed fire to ecologically restore degraded landscapes that favor ticks and pathogen transmission. We examine the ecological role of fire and its effects on ticks within the eastern United States, especially examining the life cycles of forest-dwelling ticks, shifts in regional-scale fire use over the past century, and the concept that frequent fire may have helped moderate tick populations and pathogen transmission prior to the so-called fire-suppression era that has characterized the past century. We explore mechanisms of how fire and ecological restoration can reduce ticks, the potential for incorporating the mechanisms into the broader strategy for managing ticks, and the challenges, limitations, and research needs of prescribed burning for tick reduction.

This webinar will include findings from the following publication: Gallagher, Michael R., Kreye, Jesse K., Machtinger, Erika T., Everland, Alexis, Schmidt, Nathaniel, and Skowronski, Nicholas S.. 2022. “ Can Restoration of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems Reduce Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease Prevalence in the Eastern United States?.” Ecological Applications 32( 7): e2637. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2637

Fueling Collaboration 3.0: Talking About Fire
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
Registration Required. Register here.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
From building firelines to researching fire trends over time, fire management and science require great communication to be successful. Our panel will share their experiences and tips on how to effectively talk about fire to gain support and build a collaborative network. We’ll address your questions about fire science communication and discuss best practices for defining objectives, connecting with your audience, and tools/resources that can help along the way.

Fueling Collaboration is a series of interactive panel discussions designed to connect fire managers and researchers. Each discussion will be built on questions from the registered attendees. The interagency project team is working to bring people together to discuss, explore, and address the latest fire science and management issues across the eastern United States.

Partner Webinar: Seasonal Burning Effects on Plant Communities in Florida
2022-12-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
When Burning Matters: Seasonal Effects on Plant Communities in Florida – Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 3-4pm ET
*Note: Rescheduled from a previous time. Correct date/time is Thursday, December 1st from 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET.*
Hosted by UF/IFAS Nature Knowledge
This month, Dr. Raelene Crandall, Fire Ecology Lab in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at The University of Florida, will discuss the effects of burning during different seasons on plant populations and communities. Even if you are not a fire practitioner and just want to know why you occasionally see smoke, this program will provide general information about fire regimes in the southeast and highlight some benefits of using fire for land management and restoration.
Register here in advance to receive webinar link. See the attached flyer and feel free to distribute; this program is open to anyone at no cost, but pre-registration is required. Recordings of this program will be available online approximately 2 weeks after the webinar. Over 20 previous program recordings are currently available now.
The Nature Knowledge program hosts expert speakers to share current scientific knowledge on topics affecting nature in Florida, supported by UF/IFAS Natural Resources Extension and hosted by Shelly Johnson. This program provides continuing education for IFAS Extension personnel, volunteers, and program participants, college/university faculty and students from across Florida, natural resource professionals, and environmental educators.
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SFE Webinar: Strategic Burning with a Simple Prioritization Model
2022-12-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_spjT9CRuTciSj4QiFj7N1Q?fbclid=IwAR2yHrtCNOqC-kBPlWc571BwWKH8VdsQkrZD2jdwwfGshIXrotFMPFaGcec
SFE Webinar: Strategic Burning with a Simple Prioritization Model
Presented by Dr. Joe O’Brien, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
December 8, 2022 @ 1:00-2:00 PM EST
Free Registration Here: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_spjT9CRuTciSj4QiFj7N1Q?fbclid=IwAR2yHrtCNOqC-kBPlWc571BwWKH8VdsQkrZD2jdwwfGshIXrotFMPFaGcec
Webinar description:
Increasing the pace and scale of prescribed fire treatments safely while meeting often conflicting management objectives can seem impossible. However, success can be achieved with a relatively straightforward strategy that leverages spatial data and a consensus on fire management priorities among stakeholders. We will use a simple but effective burn prioritization model developed for Oconee National Forest to demonstrate the approach and discuss tradeoffs that must necessarily occur when new priorities emerge. The method resulted in the near doubling of prescribed fire treatment efficiency at the Oconee and the approach is based on science, is transparent, and flexible.
Following the presentations there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.

Hosted by the Southern Fire Exchange in partnership with the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and the University of Florida.

Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.

Fueling Collaboration 3.0: Fire and Water
2022-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
Hosted by the Fueling Collaboration 3.0 team of partners from the eastern US Fire Science Exchange Networks and the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and Southern Research Station. Fueling Collaboration is a series of interactive panel discussions designed to connect fire managers and researchers. Each discussion will be built on questions from the registered attendees. The Fueling Collaboration 3.0 Team are working to bring people together to discuss, explore, and address the latest fire science and fire management issues across the eastern United States.More info here.
Fire and Water
Description: The changing climate is reshaping the balance of fire and water in eastern ecosystems. Drought alters soil structure and stability; combined with intense rainfall, this impacts hydrologic dynamics. This panel will explore the interconnections between fire, nutrient cycling, ecohydrology, and climate change.
Panel Moderated by: Stephanie Laseter, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Panelists:
Steven Brantly, Ph.D., Joseph W. Jones Center at Ichauway
Kathy Hawes, MBA, Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water
Randy Kolka, Ph.D., USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
James Vose, Ph.D., USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
Registration is required. Register here.

Partner Webinar: How States Can Better Budget for Wildfires
2022-12-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
Government officials and Pew experts will discuss key issues and findings from a new report
December 15, 2022 from 2:00 PM-3:00 PM ET
Hosted by: The PEW Charitable Trusts
On Thursday, Dec. 15, The Pew Charitable Trusts will host leaders from federal and state agencies to deliver perspectives on the growing burden of wildfires on state budgets. The expert panel will build on the key findings and recommendations from a forthcoming Pew study, “Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets.”
Wildfires in the United States have become more catastrophic and expensive in recent years, with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Forest Service nearly doubling their combined spending on wildfire management in the past decade. As more frequent and severe fires drive up public spending, policymakers at all levels of government are faced with decisions about how to pay for the diverse array of interventions required to deal with them.
During this event, practitioners from state forestry and budget agencies, as well as federal partners, will detail their experiences and provide insights on challenges and promising practices in addressing budgeting issues related to wildfire management.
For more information about this event, please contact Jimmy Einsiedler at jeinsiedler@pewtrusts.org.
Registration Required.

Partner Event: Fire Across Grasslands Panel Discussion
2023-01-11 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Fire Across the Grasslands – What Are We Managing For?
Grasslands in the Great Plains and Midwest are at constant risk from invasion by woody species. Conversion to deciduous woodlands and forests is already widespread in the Midwest and the southern Great Plains. This discussion focuses on the many ways that fire is essential to grasslands and the people who live there. Panel members will address:

the role of fire in resisting invasion by woody species;
managing reconstructed prairies;
promoting diverse plant communities and healthy wildlife populations; and
relevance to people from ranching communities to urban areas.

Panelists include:

Pauline Drobney – Prairie and Savanna Zone Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (retired)
Dwayne Elmore – Professor, Wildlife Extension Specialist, and Bollenbach Chair in Wildlife Biology in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University
Matthew Garrett – Natural Resource Manager, Johnson County Park & Recreation District, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Doug Spencer – State Grazing Specialist – Kansas, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Amy Symstad – Research Ecologist and Chief of the Climate and Land-use Branch for the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

The sessions are hosted by the Tallgrass Prairie and Oak Savanna Fire Science Consortium and Great Plains Fire Science Exchange. They are facilitating these conversations to improve information flows and help connect people to colleagues and relevant experts outside of their usual circles.
Register here

Partner Webinar: The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System version 5.4
2023-01-18 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
EPA Tools & Resources Webinar:
The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System (version 5.4)
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
3-4 pm ET
The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System is EPA’s premier modeling system for studying air pollution from global to local scales. For nearly a quarter century, EPA, states and tribes have used CMAQ to support air quality management. CMAQ is continually updated to incorporate new knowledge on the state-of-the science to provide a powerful computational tool for translating fundamental atmospheric science principles to policy scenarios. In October 2022, CMAQ version 5.4 (CMAQv5.4) was publicly released. CMAQv5.4 introduces the Community Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Multiphase Model (CRACMM), an innovative new approach to describe atmospheric chemistry. Other new features include an improved model for aerosol dry deposition and expanded options for modeling biogenic emissions. These advances target better representation of key environmental conditions important for polluted areas of the United States. CMAQv5.4 also offers improved efficiency and accuracy of CMAQ model extensions for calculating source attribution and sensitivity analyses, as well as updates to multiple diagnostic, visualization, and analysis tools for probing and evaluating model estimates. This presentation will provide an overview of the CMAQ modeling system and detail some of the major updates in the latest version of the model. More information and registration

SFE and SERPPAS Webinar: Understanding Successful Prescribed Fire MOU Agreements
2023-02-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
SFE & SERPPAS WEBINAR: UNDERSTANDING SUCCESSFUL PRESCRIBED FIRE MOU AGREEMENTS
FEB. 9TH @ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
A free one-hour webinar from the University of Florida, SERPPAS, and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenters:
Tyler Carney, Doctoral Candidate, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida
Shan Cammack, Fire Management Officer, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
Webinar Description: This webinar will discuss the applications, benefits, and major components of memorandums of understanding (MOU) and other formal agreements developed to support organization-level prescribed fire programs. By examining these agreements through a collective action approach, it can be seen how these agreements may be used to increase acreage burned and overcome potential bureaucratic and economic barriers to implementing prescribed fire. The second part of the webinar will include a presentation and discussion by Shan Cammack about the Georgia DNR Interagency Burn Team MOU. The IBT MOU has been credited with increasing prescribed fire use in Georgia. Following the presentations there will be time for audience Q/A with the speakers. Check out the related research publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100676
Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d_7ZXqabR4iRTIJyaDoRqw
Webinar Partners: University of Florida, Southeastern Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS) and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Webinar Target Audience: Prescribed Fire Managers

Fueling Collaboration Webinar: Prescribed Fire in the Eastern WUI
2023-02-16 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Fueling Collaboration 3.0: Prescribed Burning in the Eastern WUI

February 16, 2023, 11:00AM – 12:30PM Eastern Time More and more natural resource managers in the eastern US are looking to use prescribed fire to reduce wildfire risk and manage ecosystems located in the WUI. Using prescribed fire in urban and suburban locations brings unique, intimidating challenges that can add to the complexity of a burn. In this panel discussion, we’ll highlight success stories, common themes, and lessons learned from prescribed fire programs in the WUI. This panel discussion counts for 1.5 Category 1 CFE’s by the Society of American Foresters. Register for the webinar here: https://www.fuelingcollab.com/register
Check out the entire Fueling Collaboration series

SFE Webinar: Prescribed Burning with Research and Training Objectives
2023-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
SFE WEBINAR: BURNING WITH RESEARCH AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES
FEB. 23RD @ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
A free one-hour webinar from The Nature Conservancy in Florida, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter: Andy Rappe, Preserve Management Director, The Nature Conservancy in Florida
Webinar Description: For fire practitioners, a disconnect often exists with between research, training and controlled burn objectives. Too often, researchers are viewed at best as “curious non-producers” and at worst a liability that compromises safety and operational tempo. Likewise, trainees are often tightly controlled under multiple layers of overhead, which limits learning opportunities. The intent of this talk is to demonstrate how research and training can have a positive effect – and even serve as the catalyst for a successful fire program. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9ywyLgZqTqWDhx2l4NA1uQ
Webinar Partners: University of Florida, The Nature Conservancy in Florida, and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Webinar Target Audience: Prescribed Fire Managers, Land Managers, Researchers, Scientists, Graduate Students

USFS ScienceX Webinar - Fire History and Fire Ecology
2023-02-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ETStarting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page
Monday, February 27 Fire history and fire ecologyIntroduction to SCIENCEx Fire Week, brief overview | Jens StevensIndigenous fire stewardship and cultural burning | Frank LakeFire exclusion and western forest change | Eric KnappA history of fire in the eastern US: How humans modified fire regimes through the Holocene | Dan Dey

USFS ScienceX Webinar - Fire Weather and Smoke
2023-02-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ETStarting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page
Tuesday, February 28 Fire weather and smokeFire weather forecasting | Brian PotterNew technologies for monitoring smoke impacts | Shawn UrbanskiSmoke plume dynamics | Scott Goodrick

SFE Webinar: The Original Firebird - Bobwhite Management in the Southeast
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
SFE WEBINAR: THE ORIGINAL FIREBIRD – BOBWHITE MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHEAST
MAR. 1ST @ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
A free one-hour webinar from Tall Timbers Research Station, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Dr. Bradley Kubecka, WPQP Director, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
Webinar Description: Bobwhite quail are a species of conservation concern that are dependent on frequent prescribed fire in the southeastern U.S. This presentation will describe basic bobwhite life history characteristics and how prescribed fire influences bobwhite populations. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WVfotA2nS6qT3wVTHtq82w
Webinar Partners: University of Florida, Tall Timbers Research Station, and the Southern Fire Exchange.
Webinar Target Audience: Prescribed Fire Managers, Private Landowners, Biologists, Wildlife Biologists, Hunters, Public

USFS ScienceX Webinar - Fire Behavior
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ETStarting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page.
Wednesday, March 1 Fire behaviorWildland fire behavior and ignition | Sara McAllister3D, time dependent, fire behavior models: What they do and the need for observational datasets | Ruddy MellFire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) and wildfire monitoring | Matt Dickinson

USFS ScienceX Webinar - Modeling Risks and Trade-Offs
2023-03-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ETStarting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page.
Thursday, March 2 Modeling risks and trade-offsDelivering wildfire risk information targeted to the community level | Greg DillonJuggling risks and trade offs toward a more resilient future: The known, unknown, unknowable, and the unpleasant | Pat Manley and Nick PovakSouthern Research Station firesheds (eastern US) | Lars Pomara

USFS ScienceX Webinar - Looking Toward the Future
2023-03-03 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
February 27 – March 3, 2023 1:00pm – 2:00pm ETStarting on February 27th and running through March 3rd, the USDA Forest Service Research and Development SCIENCEx webinar series will bring together scientists and land management experts to explore the latest in fire science. Registration is required. Individual program speakers and information provided below. For more information, visit the SCIENCEx webinar page
Friday, March 3 Looking toward the futureHistorical and future fire in temperate rainforest of the Pacific Northwest | Matt ReillySouthern forest outlook: Fire chapter highlights | Danny LeeGeographically & topically integrated wrap-up | Jens Stevens

Partner Webinar: Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment
2023-03-15 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
EPA Tools & Resources Webinar:
Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
3-4 pm ET
The west and other parts of the US have experienced significant forest fires in recent years. These fires have been devastating to infrastructure, yet there is limited knowledge of the human health impacts of smoke emissions. EPA is using its expertise in air quality research to fill the gaps in scientific information and to develop tools to prevent and reduce the impact of smoke from wildfires and controlled or prescribed burns. This webinar will provide an update on Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment. Research includes wildfire impacts on human health and ecosystems, a comparative assessment of air quality and public health impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire smoke, air sensors for smoke monitoring applications, an EPA air sensor loan program, resources on indoor air filtration during smoke events, and communication strategies to enhance local readiness for wildfires. Register for the webinar: Wildland Fire Research to Protect Health and the Environment!
For additional information, you can learn about the webinar series and check out recordings here.

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LANDFIRE Office Hour: Fire in the Western U.S. - Big fires. Big challenges. Big need for regional learning and action
2023-03-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Fire in the Western U.S. – Big fires. Big challenges. Big need for regional learning and action: (A story map)

Join the office hour and learn about the diverse inputs and outcomes from six large fires spanning five JFSP Regional Fire Science Exchanges.

Date: 3/29 | 1:00 PM ET | REGISTER

Guests: JFSP & TNC LANDFIRE

See the story map
First 20-25 min: TNC LANDFIRE intros, JFSP reps highlight key takeaways leading up to, and resulting from their region’s featured fire(s). Following the presentations there will be time for Q/A.

Partner Webinar: Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale
2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Wednesday, 4/5/2023, 11am –12:30pm MDT

Registration Link

Maximizing the effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale is a key research and management need given the inability to treat all areas at risk from wildfire, and there is a growing body of scientific literature assessing this need. Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists, in collaboration with the Joint Fire Science Network, synthesized existing science on landscape-scale fuel treatment effectiveness in North American ecosystems through a systematic literature review.
A recent report, Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale: State of understanding and key research gaps, provides key findings from four literature synthesis documents (concepts and fuel treatment effectiveness measurements, empirical, simulation, and case studies) that evaluate the extent to which landscape fuel treatments mitigate adverse effects of wildfire, provide opportunities to manage fire for beneficial effects of wildfire, provide opportunities for cost efficient fire suppression strategies, maximize fire responder safety, provide results to inform future fuel treatment planning, and identify research gaps.
Event Details
Join the Joint Fire Science Network and Rocky Mountain Research Station for the Landscape Fuel Treatment Effectiveness webinar on Wednesday, April 5 from 11:00 – 12:30 MT. Registration is required.
Four Rocky Mountain Research Station scientists will present their latest research followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

Lessons learned from wildland fire case studies | Ali Urza, Research Ecologist
Quantifying forest wildfire hazard and fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes | Sharon Hood, Research Ecologist
Fuel treatment scenarios tested through simulation studies | Jeff Ott, Research Ecologist
Is there empirical evidence for landscape-level fuel treatment effectiveness? | Shawn McKinney, Writer/Editor

Partner Webinar: EPA Wildfire and Prescribed Fire Smoke
2023-05-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Date / Time: Monday, May 1, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Speaker: Rick Gillam, Environmental Engineer, US EPA

Webinar Description: In this webinar, speaker Rick Gillam will talk about how wildfire smoke affects air quality and public health. He’ll also discuss what you can do to protect yourself and family from wildland fire smoke. Rick will also talk about prescribed fire and how it is used to support ecosystem health and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

Register Here: https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/8b0cda6b-2ca5-4f90-8b76-bfd8fbdd83a6@88b378b3-6748-4867-acf9-76aacbeca6a7

SFE Webinar: Slack and Scarcity in Wildland Fire
2023-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for this upcoming SFE Webinar: Slack and Scarcity in Wildland Fire

Date & Time: May 4, 2023 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Presenter: Dr. Matthew Thompson, US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

SAF CFE Credit Expected

Description: A free one hour webinar from the Southern Fire Exchange, the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, and the University of Florida IFAS. Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected. Presenter: Dr. Matthew Thompson, US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Webinar Description: In this presentation, Dr. Thompson will explore themes of slack and scarcity and how they relate to strategy, performance, and analytics in wildfire. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with Dr. Thompson.

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S6P7cJLDRfu8Qmj2fXTFJA#/registration

SFE Webinar: BurnPro3D - A Web-Based Tool for Prescribed Burn Planning
2023-05-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Join us for this upcoming SFE Webinar: BurnPro3D: A Web-Based Tool for Prescribed Burn Planning

Date & Time: May 17, 2023 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Presenter: Melissa Floca, Director of Strategic Partnerships, CICORE Division of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego

SAF CFE Credit Expected

Description: This webinar will provide an overview of the BurnPro3D platform and discuss opportunities to participate in usability testing and beta testing. BurnPro3D is a decision support platform to help the fire management community understand risks and tradeoffs quickly and accurately to plan and implement prescribed burns. The tool uses 3D fuels data, user-defined ignition patterns, and a coupled fire/atmosphere model. It allows users to define burn objectives in terms of surface and canopy fuel consumption and identify the combinations of environmental conditions and ignition patterns that result in fire behavior that meets those objectives. The BurnPro3D team is led by the WIFIRE Lab at UC San Diego and funded by the National Science Foundation. It includes partners from the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Los Alamos National Lab, as well as dozens of collaborators from universities and the private and non-profit sectors.

Registration Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KYYx0YS4REehQucV-_qKlg

LANDFIRE Office Hour: Using fire compartments and historical land cover to rediscover grasslands in the Eastern U.S. for restoration
2023-06-28 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for this upcoming joint LANDFIRE / Southern Fire Exchange Office Hour: Using fire compartments and historical land cover to rediscover grasslands in the Eastern U.S. for restoration

Date & Time: June 28, 2023 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Hosted by: LANDFIRE and the Southern Fire Exchange

Presenters: Brice B. Hanberry, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA and Reed F. Noss, Chief Science Advisor, Southeastern Grasslands Institute

Check out last month’s LANDFIRE Office Hour Recording: https://youtu.be/eCX0_ofSqHc

Registration Link: https://tnc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvdeCqpzsrHNfyAy8G8I3KoGe7YGm3uZSB#/registration

Partner Webinar: EPA Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water
2023-07-25 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
“Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water”
July 25, 2023 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the US EPA Office of Research and Development and Office of Water
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ViTvu6DlSBGU9_K0oY90rQ#/registration

USFS 2023 FASMEE Webinar
2023-07-27 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
On July 27th at 1:00 PM ET the US Forest Service will host a webinar exploring the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) project. For more information see the project website here.

National Extension Wildland Fire Initiative Web Meeting: Smoke and Air Quality
2023-08-15 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
The next National Extension Wildland Fire Initiative quarterly meeting (hosted by the Association for Natural Resources Extension Professionals) on August 15th at 3PM ET (Zoom) will focus on topics related to smoke and air quality. David Godwin, Ph.D., Eytan Krasilovsky, and Jess Downing will talk about DIY air filters, air cleaner loaner programs, and opportunities to engage communities on smoke related topics. If you work in Cooperative Extension or similar community outreach join the meeting and find out more about NEWFI and their quarterly meetings.

SFE Webinar: Climate-Driven Changes in Prescribed Fire in the Southeastern US
2023-08-17 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Climate-Driven Changes in Prescribed Fire in the Southeastern US: Burner Concerns, Needs, and Alternatives
August 17, 2023 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
A free one hour webinar from the US Forest Service, NC State University, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter: Megan Johnson, PhD, US Forest Service ORISE Post-Doc
Webinar Description: Prescribed fire is used frequently in Southeastern landscapes to reduce wildfire risk, maintain wildlife habitat, and support fire-dependent species. Many practitioners have expressed that they are unable to burn as often as they would like due to the range of management and safety requirements. However, climate change is expected to further restrict burning opportunities in the Southeast by reducing the number of days with acceptable meteorological conditions. This webinar summarizes the findings of a recent survey of Southeastern burners intended to evaluate and describe their needs, concerns, and alternative actions if faced with fewer good burning days in the future. The implications of these alternative actions on future smoke impacts will also be discussed. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Register Here: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-m_vVUiqTM-yn114SxVh5w

SFE Webinar: The Intersection Between Bat Management and Fire in the Southeast
2023-09-27 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
A free one hour webinar from the SERPPAS Prescribed Fire Working Group, the SERPPAS At-Risk, Threatened, and Endangered Species Working Group, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenters and Agenda:
Becky Harrison (US Fish and Wildlife Service) – SERPPAS Introduction (5 min)
Pete Pattavina (US Fish and Wildlife Service) – Bat Biology and Listings in the SE. How fire can affect bats and regulatory requirements (30 min)
Lucas Cooksey (Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute) – DoD Bat Management (10 min)
Q/A (10 min)
Webinar Description:
Bats are important to forested ecosystems and often interact with fire. Recently, several bat species have been placed on the Endangered Species list. This webinar will describe the bats in the Southern region that have been listed, and will summarize how these bats can be affected by wildland fire, and the regulatory requirements that may affect prescribed burning. We will also provide an overview of the current DoD Bat strategy in support of their military and conservation missions. Additional resources that will be helpful to land managers will be provided. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q&A with the speakers.
Registration link: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VdZle-lgRPKwN_46uUKZHA#/registration

SFE Webinar: FireHydro - Mapping South Florida Daily Fire Risk Using Fuels, Water Levels, and Burn History
2023-10-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Thursday, October 5, 2023 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
A free one hour webinar from North Carolina State University, the Southern Fire Exchange, and the University of Florida IFAS.
Society of American Foresters CFE Credit Expected.
Presenter:
Kate Jones, PhD Candidate, Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University
Webinar Description: Mapping fire risk at a landscape scale in South Florida depends on spatially varying water levels, fuel characteristics, and topography. When surface and near-surface water levels recede below the lowest topographic features (strands, marshes, etc.), the ecosystem loses its natural, wetted fire breaks. We developed a data-driven spatial method to generate daily, categorical fire risk maps; the maps visualize low-to-high risk areas and enable fire managers to both effectively execute prescribed burns, as well as efficiently staff the landscape during high fire risk. Following the presentation there will be time for audience Q/A with the speaker.
Registration: https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LmdlvPGzSp261OVloc7Mqg#/registration
Webinar Recording: If you can’t make the webinar, look for the recording to be posted on the Southern Fire Exchange YouTube Webinar Archive.
Questions? Contactus@southernfireexchange.org
